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IMDb
7.8
/74/
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10
/2/
TMDb

Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 360 min.
Season Runtime: 1080 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Race for the Bomb (1987)

Season 1 (Feb. 1, 1987, midnight)

A dramatization of the human, scientific and historical aspects leading to the development of the first atomic bomb.

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Race for the Bomb (1987)

Season 1 (Feb. 1, 1987, midnight)

A dramatization of the human, scientific and historical aspects leading to the development of the first atomic bomb.

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IMDb
7.8
/74/
Trakt
10
/2/
TMDb
Miki Manojlović
Miki Manojlović
Jean-Paul Muel
Jean-Paul Muel
Pier Paolo Capponi
Pier Paolo Capponi
Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside
Tom Rack
Tom Rack
Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen
Denis Manuel
Denis Manuel

Feb. 1, 1987, midnight 0.0

S1E1 - Episode 1

Two Hungarian-Jewish scientist, Leo Szilard and Edward Teller, flee to America after the Nazis take control of Germany, and convice the US government to launch its own atomic project in an effort to prevail over the Germans.
Feb. 2, 1987, midnight 0.0

S1E2 - Episode 2

With Germany losing the war andrealizing the potential destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb, the scientists attempt to halt its development xhixh no longer seems vital. The US government opposes their views. Research continues and the first bomb is tested in the Nevada desert.
Feb. 3, 1987, midnight 0.0

S1E3 - Episode 3

When the bomb is dropped over Hiroshima, Leo Szilard continues his anti-nuclear campaign while Edward Telle resumes his research, believing he can end war forever. After learning that Russians have developed a transportable H-Bomb first, the FBI initiates an investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 360 min.
Season Runtime: 1080 min.
Released: Feb. 1, 1987
Last Air Date: Feb. 3, 1987, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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